FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 AN EDITORIAL Holbrook holds EpiPen Enough, the key to Lynn cost already, By Bridget Turcotte to you, Richard.” worries ITEM STAFF Holbrook joined Eastern Bank as chief nancial of cer in Lynn LYNN — Eastern Bank’s in 1996 and became chief ex- Peabody Richard Holbrook received ecutive of cer in 2007. He will Mayor Judith Flanagan a key for the two decades he retire on Dec. 31. By Leah Dearborn Kennedy and City Council spent unlocking doors for the “When I started there were FOR THE ITEM President Daniel F. Cahill community. 27 branches and about $1.8 deserve credit for sending a Mayor Judith Flanagan billion in assets,” Holbrook PEABODY — The climb- “hands-off” message to a local Kennedy presented Holbrook said. “Today it’s grown to $10 ing cost of EpiPens is nee- organization trying to inter- with a master key to the city billion in assets and about 100 dling the Peabody school ject affordable housing and of Lynn at Nahant Country branches.” system. union labor into a 348-apart- Club Thursday. The gesture Bob Rivers, Eastern Bank’s “It’s been a long, dark ment waterfront develop- is a symbolic one, showing president and chief operat- tunnel getting EpiPens ment. appreciation and honor to a in schools,” said Interim PHOTO | PAULA MULLER ing of cer who will ll Hol- The New Lynn Coalition, deserving member of the com- brook’s shoes, praised him for Superintendent Herbert Levine. in the words of one of its Retiring Eastern Bank Chair- munity. the growth the bank has seen The devices provide an members, wants to “start a man and CEO Richard E. Hol- “I have given out only four throughout his tenure. emergency injection that conversation” with Arthur brook accepts the key to the of these in seven years,” Ken- “But his legacy is so much helps to improve circulation Pappathanasi and Louis city of Lynn from Mayor Ju- nedy said. “I am most proud and reduce swelling during Minicucci, owners of the so- dith Flanagan Kennedy. and honored to present one HOLBROOK, A7 called Beacon site on the Lyn- life-threatening allergic re- nway, about hiring union la- actions, according to the bor to build the development EpiPen website. and include affordable hous- Because of the high de- ing in it. Judgment mand for EpiPens, their In the broader context of price has doubled over the what is good for the city, the past year to approximate- timing of the Coalition’s pro- ly $600 per two-pack set, posal could not be worse. day at Levine said. The percentage of afford- The skyrocketing cost of able housing in Lynn hov- the pens has caused issues ers around 30 percent. That Salem with affordability not just in number includes a 14 per- Peabody, but in school dis- cent state affordable-housing tricts across the country. calculation for the city, plus Congress sent the CEO of housing vouchers assigned State Mylan, the pharmaceutical locally. It does not include company that sells EpiPen, federal vouchers issued else- By Gayla Cawley a letter in August requesting where that are being used by ITEM STAFF information regarding the steep price increases. The people moving into the city. SALEM — The future of the Supreme Think about that for a min- letter said that the problem Court is in the hands of the next presi- ute: Almost one-third of the is even more greatly exag- dent. city’s housing stock is tax-dol- gerated because EpiPens That was the theme of a lecture given lar subsidized. And the per- have a short shelf life and by retired U.S. District Court Judge Nan- centage will increase once the must be replaced on an an- cy Gertner at Salem State University on Gateway Residences project nual basis. Thursday. on Washington Street, which There are no EpiPens in Gertner, a Yale Law School graduate, will include affordable hous- the Peabody schools yet, said was appointed to the federal bench of the ing, is built. Levine, but every member of U.S. District Court of Massachusetts by Lynn’s legislative delega- the district crisis team is be- President Bill Clinton in 1994. She re- tion, Mayor Kennedy, the City ing trained in their use and tired in 2011 to teach at Harvard Law Council, and the Economic he hopes to have the devices School. In 2008, she became only the sec- Development & Industrial in place by the holidays. ond woman to receive the Thurgood Mar- Corporation (EDIC/Lynn) Levine said that the shall Award from the American Bar As- deserve credit for drafting school system will pay for sociation. Supreme Court Justice Ruth and implementing the zoning the pens through the dis- Ginsburg was the rst. changes required to get Gate- trict’s operating budget Justice Antonin Scalia, a longtime con- way built. when they are eventually servative judge, died last February at 79, LYNN ICON Lynn is a city in desperate ordered. He said that 20 leaving a vacancy on the nine-member need of economic stimulus. two-pen sets are needed in bench that has not been lled. Senate Re- That stimulus comes from eco- the schools, bringing the to- publican leaders have refused to consid- nomic development — busi- FOR SALE tal cost up to approximate- er President Barack Obama’s Supreme nesses expanding or opening ly $6,000. in the city and, in turn, hiring Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, By Bridget Turcotte Robert “Tish” local residents and raising announcing that there would be no vote ITEM STAFF Muise, the EPIPEN, A7 their standard of living. on Scalia’s replacement until the nation’s manager of next leader, Democrat Hillary Clinton or LYNN — Fran’s Place, the state’s Fran’s Place, What the city doesn’t need oldest gay bar, will close at the end is more subsidized housing. It Republican Donald Trump, is elected. stands in front Three of the remaining eight justices of the month. of the soon-to- has enough — if not too much. “Everybody used to call Fran’s INSIDE A better way to help people are in their 70s and 80s — Ginsburg, be closing bar. Place the Cheers of the North who want to be self suf cient Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer In Lynn Shore,” said owner Jay Collins. is to provide them with jobs — meaning that along with Scalia, four Charter school charts new justices will likely be replaced in the It was the rst bar to enter a oat ITEM PHOTO | and the ability to increase OWEN O’ROURKE course after contest loss. A6 their housing opportunities. next presidential administration, Gert- in Boston’s gay pride parade, the A hands-off approach on pri- ner said. rst to start a fundraiser for AIDS In Swampscott vate development is the best “It’s hard to imagine an election that’s and among the rst to host gay Police awarded state way for the city to move for- more signi cant than this one, in terms weddings in the state, he said. certi cation status. A6 ward. of the United States Supreme Court,” “The hardest part for me is that The city has been working she said. “Everything you care about … in 34 years, I’ve gotten to know a In Sports in conjunction with the state could well be in the balance over the next lot of people,” said Robert “Tish” English girls soccer’s and federal government — in couple of years. The next president really Muise, the bar’s manager and defense holds strong in the form of the LEAD (Lynn changes the court.” oldest employee. “I have a great scoreless tie. B1 Economic Advancement and Recent major Supreme Court decisions, group of employees. It’s emotion- Development) team — since such as ones surrounding the Affordable al.” Swampscott, Peabody last November to attract de- eld hockey also velopers to Lynn, particularly JUDGMENT, A7 FRAN’S, A7 play to 0-0 draw. B1 along the waterfront. It is most unfortunate that Councilor-at-Large Brian LaPierre has interjected him- self into private-developer Grand gesture hiring decisions. One of sev- eral union-af liated council- ors, LaPierre is lobbying for by Latinos unions, which is detrimental to the city’s relationship with By Thor Jourgensen prospective developers. ITEM NEWS EDITOR Unions have a long and Council Pres- strong history of doing well LYNN — Latino community members reached out ident Daniel in Lynn, and rms that pay on Thursday to support efforts to put surplus books F. Cahill, left, into the hands of local schoolchildren. union wages can and should and Jose Alva- The American Latino Committee representatives compete for private construc- rez chat before joined Lynn School Superintendent Dr. Catherine tion contracts just like any a ceremony Latham and elected of cials at Land of 1000 Hills other. LaPierre and city gov- at which the ernment should stay out of coffee shop to donate $1,000 to the First Book ini- tiative. Global Embas- the conversation. sy of Activists Lynn is not Boston, with Launched 10 years ago as a way to boost reading among public school students, First Book provided for Peace do- cranes on every corner, devel- nated $1,000 to opments springing up on ev- 45,000 surplus books to children in 2014. The books the First Book ery vacant lot. are donated by distributors who might otherwise Right now, the City of Lynn turn them into recycled paper. In return, local fund- initiative of has one signi cant project of raising efforts supplement the literacy incentive ef- Lynn.